Wrap-holder for chairs.



W. E. BRAY.

WRAP HOLDER FDR CHAIRS.

APPLICATION FILED 1250.2. 1913.

" 1,1 19,396. Patented Dec. 1,19%

Witnesses Attorneys i a a Vlflr v y Inventor WILLIAM E. Banner eoLFAX,WASHINGTON.

WRAP-HOLDER FOR CHAIRS.

Application filed December 2, 1913.

I! b all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WVILLIAM E. BaAY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Colfax, in the county ofWhitman and State of Washington, have invented a new and usefulWrap-Holder for Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a hanger orsupport, adapted to be applied to the back of a bench or chair, thedevice being employed, primarily, in places of public assembly, for thepurpose of supporting garments.

The invention aims to provide a device of the type above described whichmay be connected with a seat of any sort, without mutilating the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the type aboveindicated which will not unduly obstruct the passage way between rows ofseats, when in use.

It is within the scope of the invention to improve generally and toenhance the utility of, devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawing :-Figure 1 shows the invention in frontelevation; Fig. 2 is an end elevation, the bail being in clependingposition; Fig. 3 is an end elevation, the bail being uplifted; Fig. 4 isa fragmental top plan showing the end portion of one of thestandardswhereunto the bail is pivoted.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a back plate 1 which mayconstitute a part of a bench or chair. Standards 2 are provided, thesame constituting parts of plates 3 secured to the element 1 by means ofscrews 4 or in any other suitable manner. Adjacent its outer end, eachstandard 2 is thinned to form a tongue 5, defining shoulders 6 in thestandard.

A bail is provided, the same comprising an intermediate portion 7 andarms 8, the arms Sbeing provided with slots 9 defining extensions 10.The tongues 5 of the stand- Specification of Letters Patent PatentedDec.1, 1914.

Serial No. 804,246.

ards 2 are received in the slots 9 and the extensions 10 of the bail lieupon opposite sides of the tongues. The extensions 10 of the bail andthe tongues 5 are connected by pivot element 12. The shoulders 6,adjacent their upper ends are cut away as indicated at 12. The upperedge of the back plate 1 may be inclined as indicated at 11 and thelower edge of the back plate may be inclined as indicated at 15. Theintermediate portion 7 of the bail lies below the lower edge of theplate 1.

In practical operation, when the bail is in :1. depending position asshown in Fig. 2

against the shoulders (i, and the bail will be prevented from swinginginwardly. Owing to the fact that the lower edge of the element 1 isbeveled as indicated at 15, ample space will be provided for thegarments which are mounted upon the bail. The bail, therefore, will notbe crowded outwardly by the garments, and will not obstruct thepassageway between the seats, it being noted that since the intermediateportion of the bail lies below the lower edge of the element 1, amplespace for the garments will be afforded.

The bail ordinarily hangs in a depending position as shown in Fig. 2,but owing to the fact that the shoulders 6 are cut away adjacent theirupper ends as shown at 12, when the bail is swung upwardly andrearwardly as shown in Fig. 3, the intermediate portion 7 of the baillies adjacent the inclined surface 14 of the member 1, and the surface14: serves to guide the finger of the operator into engagement with theintermediate portion of the bail.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A garmentsupport for seats, comprising a back plate having a downwardly andforwardly inclined upper edge; standards projecting from the back plate,the standards being thinned at their outer ends to form tongues and toform shoulders at the sides of the tongues; a bail; pivot elementsuniting the ends of the bail and the tongues,

the bail being adapted to hang in a depending position and being adaptedto be swung upwardly and rearwardly into abutment with the back plate,the lower portions of the shoulders being disposed parallel to the backplate to hold the bail in spaced relation to the back plate when thebail is in a depending position, the upper portions of the extensions 10of the ball will abut In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own,I havehereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM E. 'BRAY.

the shoulders being rearwardly inclined to permit the bail to restagainst the backplate adjacent the bottom of said inclined edge when thebail is swimg upwardly and rearwardly, whereby the bail will beprevented from exerting a leverage uloon the pivot ele- WVitnesses:ments and the thinned portions of the stand S. S. MYERS,

M. L. LIDDLE.

ards, with the shoulders as a fulcrum.

Copies of this patent may-be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissionei' of Patents,

Washington, D. C,

